Issue 2013 February 02
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RURAL AFFAIRS: Dairy crisis part of wide rural malaise
The worsening crisis in the dairy industry is symptomatic of a deeper malaise afflicting Australia’s farming community. In mid-January, over 600 people attended a dairy crisis meeting in the Kolora-Noorat Football Club rooms in south-west Victoria. The meeting demanded a fairer farm-gate price for milk, because the big supermarket chains’ milk price war is driving many farmers out of business. According to the…

